Barcode of Life Data System (bold) is an informatics workbench aiding the acquisition, storage, analysis and publication of DNA barcode records. By assembling molecular, morphological and distributional data, it bridges a traditional bioinformatics chasm.boldis freely available to any researcher with interests in DNA barcoding. By providing specialized services, it aids the assembly of records that meet the standards needed to gain BARCODE designation in the global sequence databases. Because of its web-based delivery and flexible data security model, it is also well positioned to support projects that involve broad research alliances. Molecular barcode arrays have been used for phenotypic profiling, drug sensitivity and systematic synthetic lethal analysis .These microarray-based methods facilitate the prediction & definition of gene function and have a broad application in drug discovery & development